Ecology Summary - Metapontonia fungiacola

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Ecology of Metapontonia fungiacola

Main Ref.	Hoeksema, B.W., S.E. Van der Meij and C.H. Fransen, 2012
Remarks	Associated with mushroom corals (Ref. 104617). Lives on the discs of fungiid corals wherein it utilizes the coral septa to hide itself (Ref. 104630).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Metapontonia fungiacola may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Corals: hard corals: ( interstitial spaces );
Special habitats Ref.	Yamashiro, H., 1999

Associations

Ref.	Hoeksema, B.W., S.E. Van der Meij and C.H. Fransen, 2012
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Halomitra pileus; Herpolitha limax; Lithophyllon concinna; Lithophyllon repanda;
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.